Arnie, and Other Life Stories
[May 26, 2017]–The 2017 Arnold Palmer Invitational ended in an exciting and sweetly sentimental fashion. The nostalgic mood surrounding the… Read more »
Personalities
“Tommy’s Honour” Goes Far and Sure
[May 22, 2017]–Add “Tommy’s Honour” to that minuscule cinematic niche—golf movies that aren’t goofy comedies. Based on Kevin Cook’s book… Read more »
Why Isn’t Gil Hodges in the Baseball Hall of Fame?
[Updated Dec.6, 2021]–I guess I can retire this piece now, as it appears to have done its work! Gil Hodges made… Read more »
Eight Years On
[Jan. 16, 2017]–On this day of observing Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, something jiggled my memory, and I went into… Read more »
Let’s Get Personal
Shortly after a round of golf at the La Moraleja Club near Madrid in October, 1977, Bing Crosby dropped dead… Read more »
Seve, the Tearjerker
[April, 2016]– I suspect it would be difficult even for Paul Azinger to remain dry-eyed through a showing of “Seve,… Read more »
Of Time and Tide
It’s a minor annoyance to me when traveling to distant courses that few of the hosts seem to know what… Read more »
Going the Distance
[This one was evergreen when I wrote it in 2015 and updated it in 2021. But it should be noted… Read more »
Good Old Days, Brand New Swing
Sit by yourself in a restaurant, start doodling on the paper tablecloth, and you never know where it might take… Read more »
Back to Mississippi
In early November, in what used to be considered the end of the PGA Tour season, the fourth tournament of… Read more »
